Emory jacob godman



' (No Model.)

No. 499,785. Patented June ZO, 1893.

n m L I I Z EMGRY JACOB GODMAN, F BALTIMORE,MARYLAND, ASSIGNOR TO THE VIB'ROMETER COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

.APPARATUSFOR TREATING DISEASES.

ssncxszcnurors forming art or Letters Patent No. 499,785, dated June 20, 1893.

Application filed nun l3, 1892- Seriel No. 436,537. (No model.)

To Mr? whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EMORY Jason GODMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at. Baltimore,-State of Maryland, have invented oer-4 tain new and useful Improvements in Apparatus for Treating Diseases,,of which the .f;ol

lowing. is a specification.

My invention relates to the treatment of diseasesof various-kinds byisubjecting the,

part afiicted to aseries'of pulsations or blows continued fora greaterior less length'of time and of a uniformeharacte'r,and to this end. my invention consists ofmeans fiullyset; forth h reinafter .for' securing? and transmitting,

such pulsations or blows or vibrationsrefere ence being had iugsfin whichp Figure 1 is a view illustrating one method of producing and transmitting.thevibrating force or motion. Fig.2 is'aperspective view ofpart ofithe apparatus illustrated'in Fig. 1.,

Fig. 3 is a diagrammatic View illustrating an other'form of apparatus. Fig. 4 is'a view illus trating part of the apparatus Fig, '3. Fig. 5 an enlarged section on theline 5-.5,' Fig.

It has been found thatcertaindiseases may 'betreated very effeotively, and in some cases. eured,by subjecting the afilicted part, in'con nection with other treatment of course, to a massagi-ng'action, and it has been found in some cases that; by securinga massaging ac;

tion of a steady and uniform character and prolonging it for agreater-or less length of time at each treatment a very much better conductor between the part .result can be attained than would be possi-" ble from interm ittent irregular blows or pul-' sations.

I One of the mnin'objects of my invention is g to secure of time, and another is to vary the rapidity and the intensity of the vibrations when desired; but in all cases having an interposed producing the pulsations and the patient.

While I have referred to the action as being a series of blows it will be understood. that these blows are so slight and so rapidly reto the-accompanying draw-1 Sffil? blows orpulsations of an ab solutely uniform character andfanother is to. continue sucn blows or pulsations without va-. 'rying their'character for any desired length I have found that in order to secure the dc.- sired results I must first have a-vibrating obing the rapidity of the vibrations when :re-

quired,and between the said object and the part who treated I interpos'e a conductor-of any suitable character that will conduct the .vibrations of the said object to the part to be 7 treated. These three features embodied in my apparatus may: each of'them be variously constructed. As before st ated'the vibrating Object may be ofdiiferent form's. Themethodohimparting the -'vibrations may be of any suitable character to secure rapidity anduniformity; For instance it may be a current of air as in thecase of the motion imparted to the tongue of a reed producing thereby a musical sound, or it'inay be the vibration of a string of 7 peated that they are more properlypulsations or vibrations.

a violin or positive mechanical means on '8. vi-

bratil'e. object, may be employed. Thus, in

Fig. 1,-I have shown a phonograph A, the cylin- -d'er B, ofwhich is'provided with a longitudi nal series oi parailellines w, or it may have a regularly arranged'series of dots ordashes, the

lines, dots or dashes produocdin any suitable way and a uniform rotation is imparted'to thecylinder from an electro-motor as usual and there'sult will be that a uniforrn seriesv o f pulsations or vibrations is imparted to the diaphragm C, ofthe phonograph and the conductor,-in this case between the diaphragm C, and the ear is in the form of acolumn of air in a flexible tube D, having an ear piece E,- which concentrates the vibrations upon the drum of the ear when the latter'is to be treated. j

In the construction shown. diaphragm C, is the back of 'a case F, something like the case of a violin or an l Eolianharp provided with one or-more bridges a, over which are stretched one or more strings I), of gut or other suitable material. When a a Fig. ante be a thin rubber disk rosined at the edge.

varied by shortening or 2 teases uniform vibration is imparted to one of the said strings by means of a bow or other suitable means a uniform vibration is imparted, to the diaphragm C, and this vibration may be conducted-to the drum of the ear or other object by a conductor in the form of a light rod or wire D, in contact with the diaphragm C, and also in contact with the drum ofv the ear or other .object,'but I prefer to connect the diaphragm O, with a smaller diaphragm U; at thecnd-ef a conieaLreceiver fl'wiih which communicates the pipe (1, the column of air in which serves to conduct the vibrations to the ear piece E.

In order to secure an absolutely uniform vibration or tone from the string b,.I prefer to make use of a rotating bow G, which may where it runs in'contact with the string and is driven by an electro-motor S, or otherwise.

The pitch or tone of the string maybe lengthening it and for this purpose I prefer to provide the box F, with a series of frets 41., over which are stretched one, two or more strings I), and to provide means whereby any one of the strings let-free.

' ported by may be pressed upon any one of the frets to shorten it. For instance adjacent to the point where each string crosses one of the frets I may use the screw in, having a circular flange u, and when the screw is screwed down the flange pressesjthestring upon the fret ben eath. When the screw is liftedithe string is The bow or rubber G, may be supmovable beariugs'lO, adjustable by screws .12 in curyed guides 13, so as to bring it into contact with any one string as desired.

It will be seen that in all of the constructions which. I have described there i an ob ject to which a vibration may be im arted; there is means .whereby the uniform vibrations may be imparted to the said object and continued for any desired length of time, and

there is a conductor between the said object and part to be treated.

While I have referred to the continuous series of uniform pulsations and vibrations it i will be understood that these may be continued for a greater or less length of time as may bedesired, perhaps only for a fraction of a mini te 'at one time ,or for fifteen or twenty min tes at another,but that they are continuone? so long as the application is required, and

Ihave found that it is of the utmost importance that they should be uniform and not vary, being more of the character of a single tone and not of the character of an intermit-- tent broken series of actions producing simgly a noise. For this reason I have found t at pulsations derived from the vibrations of a string like that of a violin are very'much bettop than those which result from the mechanicat action of a series of indentations upon the cylinder-of a phonegraph.

For some purposes it is desirable to vary the intensity. of the vibrations which done by a bufier consisting of a rock shaft 7, having a felt rib 9,2and which may be turned by a handle 8, to bring it against the strings.

I do not herein claim the particular means of vibrating the strings upon'a sounding board,-

illustrated in Fig. 3, as the sameconstituies the subject-matter of Letters Patent;

Without limiting myself to the precise construction and arrangement of parts described, I claim as my invention 1. An apparatus for the treatment of diseases consisting of a vibrating object, means for imparting a continued series of uniform vibrations to said object, anda conductor as a column of air interposed between the said objectand the part to be treated, substantially as set forth. w 2. The combination in an apparatus for treating diseases of a vibratory object, means for imparting a continuous series of uniform vibrations to said object, meansifor varying the number of vibrations conductor as a column of air between the object and the part to be treated, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination in an instrument for treatingdiseases of a diaphragm, means for imparting a series of .uniform vibrations to the said diaphragm, asecond diaphragm connected with the first, a funnel extending from the second diaphragm and provided with a tube and an end piece, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

, EMORY J A001; GODMAN.

Witnesses:

H. F. GAREY,

WM. F. REILLY.

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